Cross-generational and transactional sexual relations in Sub-Saharan Africa
This literature review assesses the extent of sexual relations between adolescent girls and older male partners (cross-generational sex) in sub-Saharan Africa; the extent of transactional sex; and the behavioral dynamics of girls and men involved in these sexual relations. Over 45 quantitative and qualitative studies of cross-generational and transactional sexual relations were reviewed.
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